PBS
How Does Gravity Affect Light?
We know that gravity exerts its pull on light, and we have an explanation for why. Actually, we have multiple explanations that all predict the same thing. And at first glance, these explanations seem to describe completely different...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do airplanes stay in the air? | Raymond Adkins
By 1917, Albert Einstein had explained the relationship between space and time. But, that year, he designed a flawed airplane wing. His attempt was based on an incomplete theory of how flight works. Indeed, insufficient and inaccurate...
Bozeman Science
Practice 6 - Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Paul Andersen explains how scientists modify theories by constructing explanations. He also discusses the cycle of design used by engineers to solve problems. He starts by defining a theory as a well-established explanation of a...
SciShow
The Science of Anti-Vaccination
Fewer children in the United States are getting vaccinated. That's bad news for those kids, and also for public health in general. Often, the response is to argue and debate and get angry at people who are we see as making terrible,...
TED Talks
David Deutsch: After billions of years of monotony, the universe is waking up
Theoretical physicist David Deutsch delivers a mind-bending meditation on the "great monotony" -- the idea that nothing novel has appeared in the universe for billions of years -- and shows how humanity's capacity to create explanatory...
SciShow
The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts
FRBs last just a few milliseconds, and astronomers have detected less than a couple dozen of them without our current telescopes. Where do scientists think they come from?
Bozeman Science
Constructing Scientific Explanations
In this video Paul Andersen shows you how you can use modeling to have your students construct explanations in the science classroom.
SciShow
Why Do So Many People Believe in Conspiracy Theories?
The internet is full of all sorts of wild claims about shadow governments, lizard people, and the shape of the earth. How can these stories inspire tin foil hats despite hard evidence against them?
Bozeman Science
Practice 8 - Obtaining, Evaluating and Communicating Information
Scientists and Engineers spend over half of their working day reading, evaluating and producing text. Therefore it is important that we produce students that have a high level of scientific literacy. Students normally struggle with...
Bozeman Science
AP Biology Practice 6 - Scientific Explanations and Theories
In this video Paul Andersen explains how scientific theories are created and modified over time. He starts by discussing the theory of natural selection as a model for the creation and modification of theories. He gives examples of...
Bozeman Science
The Nature of Science
In this video Paul Andersen explains the nature of science. He describes how science is a way of knowing about the natural world. Scientists develop investigations to gather evidence and make explanations about how the natural world...
Curated Video
Doing Social Science Better
Four experts from different backgrounds give their candid perspectives on how social science research should be improved. Featured are: political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley), philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts University), historian...
Curated Video
Why Do Babies (Toddlers) Hand You Things?
Toddlers like handing people things as part of developing schemas, patterns of repeated actions that build cognitive skills. Giving objects helps toddlers learn the transportation schema, which involves moving items from one place to...
Curated Video
Area, Right Triangle: T-Chart
Find the Area of a Right Triangle Using a T-Chart finds the area of a right triangle by using a T chart to describe both the mathematical operations and the written explanations.
Curated Video
Area: Isosceles Triangle
Area: Isosceles Triangle finds the area of an isosceles triangle by using a T chart to describe both the mathematical operations and the written explanations.
Curated Video
Area: Equilateral Triangle
Area: Equilateral Triangle finds the area of an equilateral triangle by using a T chart to describe both the mathematical operations and the written explanations.
Curated Video
Recovering Intentionality
Political scientist Mark Bevir (UC Berkeley) highlights the core difference between the social sciences and natural sciences, involving intentionality.
Curated Video
Assessing Intentions
Political theorist Mark Bevir, UC Berkeley, relates his conviction of how political science - and the human sciences in general - differ strongly from the natural sciences in that political science requires acts of interpretation to...
Señor Jordan
Learn Spanish with a Joke (#46)
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Señor Jordan
Learn Spanish with a Joke - (#67)
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Señor Jordan
Learn Spanish with a Joke - (#66)
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Señor Jordan
Learn Spanish with a Joke - (#62)
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Señor Jordan
Learn Spanish with a Joke - (#59)
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Señor Jordan
Learn Spanish with a Joke - (#58)
¡Feliz viernes! A ver si les gusta este chiste. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Friday! Let's see if you like this joke.